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India's climate pledge rests on green growth story
2015-10-21 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Every summer, as Indias biggest cities resort to load shedding to keep pace with the demand for power, its residents cuss and sweat, waiting for the comforting whirr of the fan and the hum of the air conditioner that allows them to stay insulated from the reality that millions of others live with - a life without electricity. As our society transforms and our cities get more and more attractive to migrants seeking the good life, our urbanisation experiment gets impetus. Everyone wants to...
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New White House Twitter acct pushes climate change agenda
2015-10-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The Obama administration launched @FactsOnClimate on Tuesday in a push for its climate change agenda. The Twitter account comes about six weeks before the topic takes center stage in Paris, where a new climate agreement will be crafted. President Obama may head to Paris "to participate in those discussions" at the beginning of the two-week negotiating period that starts on Nov. 30, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Monday. See also: Facebook, Target and Dell make big...
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Dalai Lama says climate change destroying Tibet 'roof of the world'
2015-10-21 15:10:46| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reatures: Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year. The Tibetan plateau, which has the largest store of ice outside the North and South Pole, has experienced rising temperatures of 1.3 Celsius over the past five decades, three times the global average, the leadership said in a statement. Tibet, with an average...
Apparel firms joint White House climate pledge
2015-10-21 14:03:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A number of apparel firms, including Nike and Levi Strauss & Co, have joined the White House pledge to address climate change and reduce their carbon footprints.
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European birdwatchers unravel how birds respond to climate change
2015-10-21 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] New details on how birds respond to climate change have been revealed by volunteer bird watchers all over Europe. The information they've gathered shows birds respond to changing conditions in different seasons of the year. While some species benefit from these changes, birds that are adapted to colder regions stand to lose. This knowledge can help predict future bird communities in Europe and focus the effort to tackle the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable species….
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